American held with 6.6kg of heroin at Phuket airport
A 60-year-old American man was arrested at Phuket airport on Wednesday evening after police found 6.6 kilogrammes of heroin in his luggage as he prepared to board a flight for France.
A 60-year-old American man was arrested at Phuket airport on Wednesday evening after police found 6.6 kilogrammes of heroin in his luggage as he prepared to board a flight for France.
Phuket is seeing a shift in tourism patterns as European travellers embrace off-season travel, with tourism revenue expected to grow by over 40 billion baht, or around 10%, this year, says the Phuket Tourist Association.
A foreign tourist has been arrested after spray-painting an express train, according to the State Railway of Thailand (SRT).
Police have arrested the woman at the centre of a sex scandal involving numerous senior monks.
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